Boca police: Man kicked out three businesses before arrest at bar

A Pompano Beach man had been kicked out of a Trader Joe’s, a Publix, a CVS and an apartment complex hours before he was arrested on the floor of a Boca Raton bar Sunday, city police said.

Boca Raton police found a HiJinks Sports Grill employee on top of Matthew Bartlett on Sunday afternoon after Bartlett allegedly swung at a manager who asked him to leave. Police arrested the 34-year-old on battery and disorderly conduct charges, according to court records.

Sports bar employees said they asked Bartlett to leave because he was intoxicated and flipping off customers. He was swearing, employees told police, so the manager put his hand on Bartlett’s back to escort him out of the building.

That’s when Bartlett swung at the manager, according to a police report.

Bartlett told police he swung because he felt disrespected by the manager touching him.

Bartlett is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail on a $3,000 bond, according to court records.